Arts
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‘The Color Purple’ Review: Still Here
There’s a lot to like about this musical film version of Alice Walker’s novel, but the story remains slippery to…
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One Hulking, One Gaunt: Two Very Different ‘Macbeths’
Ralph Fiennes and David Tennant take Shakespeare’s psychodrama along divergent paths in two simultaneously running shows.
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6 Podcasts About Lies, Scams and Con Artists
These shows, including “The Grift” and “The Perfect Scam,” will deepen your understanding of how liars and con artists operate.
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The Fast Rise and Staggering Fall of Jonathan Majors
After an indie-film breakout just four years ago, he was headed to the A list. But a criminal conviction immediately…
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Alexei Ratmansky Infuses ‘Coppelia’ With New Life
At La Scala, Ratmansky’s original choreography makes details and nuances of the story pop, as if a carapace of formulaic…
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Nicki Minaj Has No. 1 Album as Mariah Carey Regains Holiday Crown
Minaj’s first studio LP in five years, “Pink Friday 2,” opens at the top of the album chart, while “All…
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He Made a Magazine, 95 Issues, While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic
The people who hid Curt Bloch, a German Jew, in the crawl space of a Dutch home gave him both…
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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Review: A Frontier Injustice
David Oyelowo gives an unimpeachable performance, but Taylor Sheridan still hasn’t met a western that he can’t turn into an…
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Carrie Coon Likes to ‘Play the Baddie’ in ‘The Gilded Age’
Playing a new-money upstart in “The Gilded Age,” the actor isn’t afraid to go big. “You can’t take it too…